Executive
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Joint bill proposal to lift the welfare cap on children born to parents who already receive TAFDC (Transitional Assistance to Families with Dependent Children)
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Support
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$22.00
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Senator DiDomenico, Representative Decker
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Executive
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130 CMR (Code of Massachusetts Regulations) 407.000 Comments on rules about medical transportation recommending a number of patient-centered improvements
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Neutral
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$11.00
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Daniel Tsai
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Executive
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7.5 hours of meetings hosted at Boston Medical Center or Department of Neighborhood Development employees (DND) and attended by Boston's Fair Housing Commission and Department of Neighborhood Development employees (DND) with a view toward influencing City and State commitments of resources for emergency elder housing -- not about any bill in particular
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Support
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$330.00
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Vielkys Gonzales
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Executive
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Sign on letter opposing proposal to deny disability exemption from welfare time-limits and work requirements without records from a treating clinician -- without setting up a consultative exam for those who do not get treatment currently.
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Oppose
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$33.00
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Marylou Sudders, Jeff McCue
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Executive
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5.0 hours of issue brief drafting, meetings, and planning for follow up with Executive Office of Elder Affairs officials with a view toward promoting strengthening of public policies to protect elders from homelessness based on their adult-kin's abusive conduct (parallel to protections for victims of Interpersonal/Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) under The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) but not generally understood as such)
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Support
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$220.00
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Alice Bonner
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Executive
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Seeking to improve reasonable accommodation practices, particularly for elders with declining cognitive faculties, so as to reduce eviction risk. Also seeking to expand flexibility around access to public housing versus section 8 housing as a reasonable accommodation/win-win since it is increasingly difficult to find rentals that are low-cost enough to qualify for section 8, and seniors disproportionately need to stay need public transit and healthcare providers in the city.
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Neutral
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$88.00
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Matthew Steele
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Executive
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30 hours of meetings and drafting of independent and collaborative comments to promote focus and dedication of resources to addressing patients' health-related social needs in the restructuring of MassHealth.
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Support
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$1,320.00
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Dan Tsai
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Executive
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8.5 hours of meetings with a coalition to develop policy strategy to prevent the "cliff effect" and homelessness through cross-secretariat stragegies.
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Support
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$374.00
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N/A
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Executive
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Seeking to engage City of Boston's Inspectional Services Department (ISD) in preventing reprisal by landlords by affirmative education about reprisal protections
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Neutral
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$110.00
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William Christopher, Ed Coburn
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Total amount
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$2,508.00
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